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GoodWorld Journeys are designed for those seeking a travel experience that enriches the soul

19/12/2025

Good World Journeys invites you to a ten-night Salon with three of the most compelling voices in contemporary music–Ani DiFranco, Anaïs Mitchell, and Neko Case—for an intimate experience of song, conversation, and creative exploration. Moderated by NPR music critic and author Ann Powers, this gathering offers a rare glimpse into the artistic journeys of these visionary singer-songwriters and storytellers, while providing participants with an opportunity to reflect, create, and connect in one of the most inspiring landscapes on earth.

11/11/2025

What's a GoodWorld Journey?

More than a retreat, it’s a gathering of creative minds, anchored in conversation, stories, music, excursions, and shared meals—all rooted in the power of place and pace.

We believe wisdom emerges when we slow down. Each Salon program invites you to listen deeply, wander freely, and engage mindfully with inspired thinkers and inventive storytellers.

Journey days are spaciously scheduled with a balance of engaging creative conversations combined with restorative time to explore, connect, and reflect.

Morning craft talks and evening Salons explore how art and story shape our lives, led by accomplished writers, poets, and musicians in settings that invite rest and renewal.

✨ The next chapter begins summer 2026.

07/11/2025

We’re thrilled to share that our redesigned GoodWorld Journeys website is now live — along with our 2026 Salon gatherings in Greece and Mexico! ✨ Learn more and apply at www.goodworldjourneys.com

First, Living an Examined Life on Patmos explores music, memoir, and myth with Ani DiFranco, Anaïs Mitchell, and Neko Case, in conversation with NPR’s Ann Powers.

Then The Stories We Tell brings together Barbara Kingsolver, Ada Limón, Safiya Sinclair, and Silas House for a deep dive into the craft of storytelling.

And in August, The Journey Is Your Story unfolds in San Miguel de Allende, with Hala Aylan, Ashley C. Ford, and Maggie Smith leading reflections on memory, narrative, and poetry.

We’re so grateful these remarkable voices are gathering — and can’t wait to welcome you into the conversation. 🌍✨

24/02/2024

We still have a few spaces remaining for our gathering of five deeply talented, wise & thoughtful leaders and creative artists! Returning from our popular 2022 Salon: OnBeing founder Krista Tippett, Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama, and singer-songwriter Joe Henry — this time joined by the fabulous singer-songwriting duo Allison Russell and JT Nero. This Salon will explore eternal human questions and tap into the wisdom and power of poetry & song.

21/11/2023

When they're not participating in morning and evening Salons, GoodWorld Journeys participants have plentiful time to explore their beautiful surroundings.

For example, our day boat trips to the isles surrounding Patmos, Greece is a cherished experience year after year. Swim in crystal clear waters, enjoy delicious local foods, and engage in conversations with your fellow Salon participants.

24/10/2023

When Nobel and Pulitzer-prize winning novelist Toni Morrison died in 2019, George Saunders paid tribute to her in The New Yorker this way:

“What I cherish most about Toni Morrison’s work is the way that she used the English language: to its fullest, across its entire range, from the poetic to the profane. When you read her work, the world changes, becoming more beautiful and expansive and complicated via every sentence. You are in contact with a great soul, and you know this because the soul has infused every line; there is nothing common or unconsidered or small in them; her largesse is present in every phrase. I turned to her, as so many writers have, the way a painter might turn to Picasso: to see what true greatness looks like and to gauge the distance between it and me.”

15/10/2023

We’re thrilled that Cheryl Strayed & Brian Lindstrom and Rachel DeWoskin & Zayd Ayers Dohrn will be returning back next summer to Patmos, where these two couples originally led an inspiring, wisdom-filled and joyous Salon — The Journey Is Your Story — in 2015.

Through lectures, conversations, and creative exercises, this “ fab four ” will share their experiences, insights, and tips on memoir, poetry, fiction, film, audio storytelling, theater, and the arts in general as paths to universal human truths. Timeless Greek myths and the Island of Patmos will serve as inspiration for our collaborative explorations.

14/10/2023

“One of the most memorable teaching experiences of my life,” is how Booker-Prize-winning writer George Saunders (author of Lincoln in the Bardo & Tenth of December) describes his GoodWorld Journey experience on Patmos.

“It’s something about the beauty and peacefulness of the setting and, if I could say it this way, the purity of intention that surrounds the Salon, which is designed for artists, by artists.

The Salon seemed to really change and help the attendees, whether they were writers or simply readers who wanted to gain a deeper understanding of the process by which a book is written – the way writers think and the relation of the creative process to the business of living a full life. I’ve taught in a lot of places and settings and I have to say that the bonds that came of out our 2018 experience were extraordinary.”

12/10/2023

Novelist, poet, memorist and actress Rachel DeWoskin dazzled our 2015 Salon gathering in Greece with her sharp intellect, empathy, wit and engaging presentations.

Rachel is the award-winning author of five novels, two poetry collections, and the memoir Foreign Babes in Beijing, about the years she spent in Beijing as the unlikely star of a Chinese soap opera. Her writing explores how human beings communicate across linguistic, cultural and national boundaries.

DeWoskin's poems, essays, and articles have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and The Baffler. She is core fiction faculty at the University of Chicago and affiliated faculty in Jewish and East Asian Studies.

10/10/2023

Bestselling author Margaret Atwood has written more than 40 books of fiction, poetry, short stories, and critical essays.

Atwood’s writing advice is short & simple: “You become a writer by writing. There is no other way. So do it. Do it more. Do it again. Do it better. Fail. Fail better.”

09/10/2023

Essayist and travel writer Pico Iyer knows about getting distance from all too familiar worlds. He has journeyed to the far corners of the globe, and written with a deep sense of wonder, compassion, sensitivity and radiant kindness.

Pico’s latest book examines how different cultures conceive of, understand and pursue spiritual fulfillment, and the connection of different places to the quest for inner and outer peace.

It’s called The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise.

Learn more at https://picoiyerjourneys.com/

08/10/2023

Thanks to Pádraig's abundant gifts, the Poetry Unbound podcast has become one of the most popular poetry programs in recent history. Check out his gorgeous collection drawn from the show: Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your Life.

Pádraig also demonstrated his extraordinary talents as a master group facilitator during our 2022 Salon conversations.

We are so very excited for his return to Patmos next summer!

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